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I’ll gladly take the win (and kudos to Clayton!). But why in the world try a trick play when we had not been able to stop basic runs and throws????? All year.

Lose this one and suddenly there are 3 2026 contenders for worst loss of the BB era.

And we are treated to more horrible pass defense.

What an awful play call with a QB that light.

Are these the same guys that worked the Michigan extra second game?

And we look equally unprepared for the onside kick.

Not sure I’ve ever seen so many DBs get turned around. It’s dizzying.

Tell you what, that TD throw was better than it originally looked. Fit it in a pretty tight spot.

Clayton over Boyd. Hmmmm.

Houser has been pretty good this season overall. But he’s no Altmeyer. Not many are. Hope he’s ok.

I am optimistic about the Cards' future for the first time in a few years. Seems to me they have talent and upside at C (Bernal plus Rodriguez), 1B (Burleson), 2B (Wetherholt), SS (Winn, even if he only hits .250 his glove is worth it), LF (Baez), CF (Church looks serviceable) and RF (Walker)...

I kinda know what we're going to do on most first downs. And when we line 3 FB/TE types in the backfield. That said, I think Lunney is a really good offensive coordinator. Except for one missed throw to a wide-open receiver and a couple key dropped passes, the Illini offense might have hung 30...

It is a comfortable win for OSU, but the Illini offense looks promising going forward. The defense actually looked a bit better against 10 of OSU’s players.

Don’t want to sound all Beckman, but a catch here, a tackle there and the Illini would be right in the game. Even though the OSU offense seems to be able to do pretty much what it wants. Never mind.

Does the bill include a salary cap on school presidents and chancellors? And if it includes private schools, a cap on corporate CEO salaries? There is no way to enforce any sort of money cap on what college athletes get paid. They got paid by lots of schools before NIL. The bill is about the...